I thought instantly of "mein zwei", which can start a conversation all on its own... :D
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 6:42 PM, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > Uuuugh, Chris, what's that? A Cher album cover with the writing "Die gab's > nur einmal" on it. I'm not sure if this the title of the album or EP. But I > found another, even more beautiful, "Die gab's nur einmal" (she was unique/ > she existed only once): > http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/james_last/die_gabs_nur_einmal__as_hans_last_/ > > Now tell what "Mein Zei" is and what it sounds like! > > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 11:59 PM, Chris Jenkins < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I was hearing "Mein Zei", which a quick search of revealed this: >> >> >> http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e-XkgWgKsc8/TPWZp-qQcQI/AAAAAAAAHtU/cmRoxuAftl4/s1600/Die+Gab%2527s+Nur+Einmal+2.jpg >> >> Was ist das, Gabs? >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 5:11 PM, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I am hearing "Minds Eye", or maybe not. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 5:29 PM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Loads of stugg comes up on googling images related to the term 'Mind's >>>> Eye' - not surprisingly a lot of the stuff has an eye in it. I tend >>>> to run the 'eye' bit out in my pondering on what a mind's eye might >>>> be. Some former science colleagues better at maths than me used to >>>> try and describe 'visualisation' - how they could manipulate images of >>>> geometry involving complex shapes and transformations. I could never >>>> do this and even have trouble working out what happens to, say, door >>>> hinges if you turn the door upside down and round-a-bout. I could >>>> often 'guess' how a complex system of transformations would end up, >>>> but could never 'see the process' as some claimed. This was something >>>> of a handicap in some stochastic work with molecule shape. >>>> >>>> I'm watching an old Oliver film and have no sympathy with Oliver - all >>>> with the other kids and the brilliantly played evil roles. I often >>>> have a lot of difficulty 'seeing' what others are being suckered by in >>>> propaganda directly and instead a form of critique of the stuff >>>> arises. I really dislike, say, Huckleberry Finn being played by the >>>> rich director's all too clean kid. I have a cinematic daydreaming >>>> imagination, but no imaging comes from words when someone says 'table' >>>> - my sister 'sees' gargoyles if you say the word. >>>> >>>> I'm struck there is no 'eye' in mind's eye even though I might as well >>>> be in a cinema when daydreaming. Though one might ask if what I see >>>> 'in cinema' relies on past sight - though again I'm not usually >>>> 'seeing' recalled events. I find the artist's attempts at 'mind's >>>> eye' disappointing. >>>> >>>> I'm unsure how I notice so strongly that "economics" (a subject I >>>> teach with no enthusiasm) is just a 'smell of words' around and >>>> obvious failure in human cooperation always leading to a very small >>>> number amassing riches. It's like a gas keeping he truth-seeker at >>>> bay. We are as far from the double-helix in this as the tribe that >>>> denies paternity through sex, investing it instead in ghosts with the >>>> 'father role' played by maternal uncles. >>>> >>>> It's been my view for many years that argument fails except in very >>>> special circumstances. The Greeks knew this because equally powerful >>>> argument could be adduced for many different views. They invented a >>>> kind of "mind's eye" (see Pyhrronism) in which competing arguments >>>> could be assessed. This is rather too expert for me. I suspect that >>>> what we can't do is strip argument of its propaganda, and suspect >>>> again this is a matter of fear of violence in challenging 'deeply' >>>> held views - and further that these views are ill-considered dross. >>>> One can feel another danger here of the zealot and know-all. In my >>>> mind's eye argument comes with smells, emotions, incredulity, >>>> doubt,probability ... and the coldest, most lying voice of all is the >>>> disinfected smell of the objective voice. >>> >>> >>> >> >
